Youtube Create[1] is a platform created by YouTube to host third party web applications within YouTube. The "Create" platform includes a plethora of applications used mainly to create, enhance and modify videos and post them to YouTube after the manipulation is done. On of the applications currently in the "Create" platform is GoAnimate, which allows users to create short animations and post them to YouTube for free. The application also provides the ability to create longer, feature-rich animation if upgraded to "GoPlus". This article will show you how to create animations using GoAnimate and post those videos to YouTube.

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Scroll down or up to find the GoAnimate application summary. The YouTube Create page includes a set of brief paragraphs describing the different partner applications included in the YouTube Create platform. This page orders the partners randomly on each visit so they are not displayed in the same order each time you visit the page.

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Click the "Create Video" button to start GoAnimate.

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Log-in to GoAnimate using your Google Account.

If it's your first time to use GoAnimate, you will be taken to a log-in screen asking you to either create a Google account or enter the information of an already existing account. Enter the information of your Google account and click "Sign In".

If you don't have a Google account, click the "Create An Account" button to start creating your new account. Follow the steps then come back to YouTube Create.

If it's not your first time using GoAnimate, a "Confirm your account" window will appear.

Click "Start Animating". After that, a "Google Account" window will popup in a new browser window.

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Click the "Allow" button to continue. The new popup window will close after authenticating you. The GoAnimate page will show up

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Click the "Create" menu item in GoAnimate's toolbar. A drop-down sub-menu will appear.

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Choose the type of video you intend to create. The following types and templates are available:

Quick Video Makers allow you to create short videos in a relatively short amount of time. Basically, you follow four simple steps and your video is ready to post on YouTube. This type of projects however, gives you little control over the detailed aspects of the video. There are two sub-types of quick video makers:

Story/Dialog Templates. There's a lot of templates you can choose from for free (even more with a paid upgrade) in this category. Basically, those templates includes two characters you can choose, a scene (place where the dialog will take place) and a dialog. You can add up to 10 lines of dialog if you're using the free version, and up to 40 lines if you upgrade.

Video Greeting eCards Template. This template is basically based on a photo that you choose, upload or import from Facebook. You then add "faces" to the photo and customize them. Those faces will cite the dialog you enter afterwords.

Full Featured Video Makers allow you to control more aspects of the video such as the locations of your characters and/or the objects in the scene. It also allows you to create a storyboard spanning different scenes. Another aspect you can control is the background music.

You can also create customized characters using this option. You're allowed one free character with your free account.

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Follow the steps outlined in the articles below depending on your choice of video type:

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Tips

Although optional, but your video might benefit greatly from using other "YouTube Create" applications to enhance its quality or add components to it.

You can create multiple short videos with GoAnimate, then join them into a full-feature film/episode using another YouTube Create application from time to time to keep viewers interested, especially during times when you are not producing new videos.

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